Council for a Livable World today applauded the decision by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to set a schedule for a vote on the New START treaty in September.

Council for a Livable World, the nation’s leading arms control advocacy organization, added one more win to its extensive record of supporting progressive candidates in tight primaries in elections for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Council for a Livable World today announced the endorsement of two new candidates: Chris Coons in Delaware and Cal Cunningham in North Carolina. If elected, Cunningham would be the first Iraq war veteran in the U.S. Senate In Delaware, Coons is running against nine-term House incumbent Mike Castle (R) for the open Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph Biden.

On February 16, 2010, Council Executive Director John Isaacs debated Baker Spring, a research fellow in national security policy at the Heritage Foundation, on the topic of nuclear reductions as part of a live debate series conducted by the Project on Nuclear Awareness (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Council for a Livable World, the nation’s leading arms control advocacy organization, announced today that David Bonior will succeed former Representative Patricia Schroeder as the next chair of PeacePAC, the organization’s arm that endorses candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.